Kaka Radhakrishnan

Kaka Radhakrishnan, an eminent Tamil movie actor is known to be one of finest actors of his time. His fan base begins from late 1940s to 1950s and stretches till 1990s. He was a man of short height and his ability to express spontaneously with his eyes, made him a popular comedian in his early days of work.

Kaka Radhakrishnan has done movies like NallathambiMangaiyarkarasi (1949), Laila Majnu Click to look into! >> Read More... (1950), VasundariSingari (1951), Mappillai (1952), ManoharaVasanthan (1954), ThuliVisham (1954), UlagamPalavidham (1955), RambaiyinKaadhal (1956), ThaikkupinTharam (1956), BommaiKalyanam (1958), ThaaiMagalukkuKattiyaThaali (1959), Manimekalai (1959), Chittoor Rani Padmini (1963), Guna Guna is a popular stage name for Durai Guna. He is >> Read More... (1991), ThevarMagan (1992), May Madham (1994), Vietnam Colony (1994), Pavithra (1994), Mr. Madras (1995), Iruvar (1997), KadhalukkuMariyadhai (1997), UdhayakumarVaralaamaa(1998), UnakkagaEllamUnakkaga (1999), UnnaiThedi (1999), Hello (1999), PoovellamKettuppar (1999), Rojavanam (1999), Maayi (2000), VinnukumMannukum (2001), ManadhaiThirudivittai (2001), Middle Class Madhavan (2001), Gummalam (2002), Maanasthan (2004), Vasool Raja Click to look into! >> Read More... MBBS (2004), IdhayaThirudan (2006) and EnUyirumMelaana (2008).

He got his first name 'Kaka' from the movie 'Mangayarkkarasi' where he played a role of a young boy who wanted to prove himself intelligent. In the movie, he tries to catch a crow which in Tamil refers to being a sycophant. From this movie 'Kaka' which means crow, got prefixed to his name. Sivaji Ganesan The Honorable Mr. Ganesan was the second son in hi >> Read More... was introduced to the industry by Radhakrishnan. Both of them worked together in the famous movie 'Manohara'. They shared a very close bond and according to Radhakrishnan's family Sivaji would often visit Radhakrishnan to recall olden days and both spent hours together. Radhakrishnan worked in numerous Tamil, Telugu and Malayalam films. In the first half of his remarkable career, he worked with eminent actors.

The second innings was made by him when actor Kamal Hassan gave him an opportunity to act in his films. That's how he became famous among the newer audience too. Movies like 'Guna', 'Thevar Magan' and 'Vasool Raja' gained him much popularity among the youth of that time. In 'ThevarMagan' he stood out as a finest actor playing the role of dissatisfied father figure. In 'Vasool Raja', he played the role of an old man. The way he sat upright and successfully managed to pocket the red coin touches the viewer’s heart.

The actor was aged 86 years when he passed away due to respiratory problems and is survived with wives Visalakshi and Saradambal and three sons Udhaya kumar, Rajavel, Senthil and daughters Jothil akshmi, Sumathi, Meenakshi, Karpagam and Andal.